Comments requested on Joint Commission meeting to determine the need to incorporate blood management performance measures into their survey and accreditation process
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A colleague calls our attention to the Joint
Commission website: Blood
Management Performance Measures Project - Last Updated 12/08. The
Blood Management Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) has recommended
that 12 of the 19 candidate measures be incorporated into nine
performance measures. These measures will move forward for detailed
specifications development. The areas recommended for measurement
include: transfusion indication, informed consent, blood administration,
pre-operative testing, transfusion of multiple units and specimen
testing. The Joint Commission is actively seeking funding to
test the measures to ensure their feasibility and reliability
for national use.
ADDENDA Oct. 4, 2009
- The Blood Utilization and Management Program Coordinator at a Medical Center in Georgia reports that this Joint Commission project is entering the alpha test phase. The Joint Commission put out a call earlier this month for 50 hospitals to participate in the alpha test. Application for this closed Sept 11. September 25 was the day that each candidate hospital will be notified if they were accepted to participate.
ADDENDA Nov. 19, 2009
- The Blood Utilization and Management Program Coordinator at a Medical Center in Georgia reports that the alpha test for the Joint Commission's new blood management performance measures was completed October 23. After December 1, Joint Commission will post which of the 10 measures will move forward to pilot testing. They hope to have 75 hospitals participate in the pilot. Hospitals selected for the pilot will be notified January 1, 2010. Data submission will occur between February and July 2010.
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